Customer Reviews
Practical indeed, and very handy! - By: VENTURINI VIVIANA, 11 Dec 2004 
This Swahili/English - English/Swahili pocket dictionary is very handy. Its 596 pages cover over 35,000 entriesin both languages. The English words have the phonetic transcriptions, whereas the Swahili nouns have their plurals shownin brackets.
As it is writtenin the foreword, this practical dictionary proves to be "an aidin navigating the growing global vocabulary of politics, telecommunications, computers, the Internet, tourism, business & travel."
At the end of the book there are some useful pages on English irregular verbs (infinitive Swahili verbs are givenin brackets), Swahili noun classes, useful phrases & vocabulary, cardinal numbers, ordinal numbers, weighs & measures, time, days of the week, months, star signs.
Useful for medical students on elective placements - By: Jonathan, 17 Mar 2004 This dictionary is ideal for students travelling to Swahili-speaking countries for elective placements. It has all the usual vocabulary, but also has a lot of medical terminology that will be usefulin speaking with patients.
It's a similar size to the ubiquitous Oxford Handbooks, so it fits nicely into the pocket of a white coat.
